Phagocyte function : a guide for research and clinical evaluation / edited by J. Paul Robinson, George F. Babcock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, J. Paul.

Babcock, George F., 1948-

Series:

Cytometric cellular analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phagocytes--Research--Methodology.

Phagocytes.

Phagocytosis--Research--Methodology.

Phagocytosis.

Cell receptors--Research--Methodology.

Cell receptors.

Flow cytometry.

Confocal microscopy.

Phagocytes--physiology.

Receptors, Immunologic--physiology.

Flow Cytometry.

Research.

Methodology.

Medical Subjects:

Phagocytes--physiology.

Receptors, Immunologic--physiology.

Flow Cytometry.

Physical Description:

xi, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley-Liss, [1998]

Summary:

First volume in this new unnumbered series addressing cytometric methods. Covers the basic concepts through to the clinical applications necessary for evaluation and diagnosis, including flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and image analysis. For clinical and biomedical researchers.

Contents:

1 Analysis of the Phagocyte Membrane Lectin CR3 Using Fluorescence-labeled Polysaccharides and Flow Cytometry / Gordon D. Ross, Vaclav Vetvicka, Brian P. Thornton 1

2 Cytometric Approaches to the Study of Receptors / John P. Nolan, J. David Chambers, Larry A. Sklar 19

3 Pathophysiology of Human Fc-gamma Receptors in Health and Disease / Bruce H. Davis, Paul K. Wallace, Paul M. Guyre 47

4 Early Events in Receptor-Mediated Neutrophil Signal Transduction / Elizabeth R. Simons 77

5 Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Proteins / Robert J. Burnett, Robert C. Bass, Alice N. Neely, Joseph S. Solomkin 97

6 Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Proteins and Receptors / Julie A. Gegner, Peter S. Tobias 125

7 Actin Polymerization in Human Neutrophils / Geneva M. Omann 155

8 Neutrophil Phagocytosis: Influence of Opsonins, Neutrophil Activation, and Microbial Characteristics / Robert Bjerknes 187

9 Oxygen and Nitrogen Reactive Metabolites and Phagocytic Cells / J. Paul Robinson 217

10 Neutrophil-Endothelial Cell Interactions / Wayne O. Carter, J. Paul Robinson 253

11 The HL-60 Cell: A Cell Culture Model for Studying Phagocyte Cell Functions / Padma Kumar Narayanan, J. Paul Robinson 277

12 Risk Assessment for Intensive Care Patients by Automated Classification of Flow Cytometric Data / Gunter K. Valet, Gabriel Roth, Wolfgang Kellermann 289

13 Alterations in the Nonspecific Immune Response Following Severe Traumatic Injury / George F. Babcock 307

14 Human Monocytes and Macrophages: Characterization in Health and Inflammatory Disease States / Prue H. Hart, Julie Rowe, John J. Finlay-Jones 327

15 The Role of Monocytes/Macrophages in Wound Healing / David G. Greenhalgh 349

16 Monocytes and Macrophages in Solid Organ Transplantation: Important Implications for the Future of Transplant Immunology / John F. Valente, Cora K. Ogle, J. Wesley Alexander 359.

Notes:

"A John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471123641

OCLC:

38486286